The Sun. — London, England, 1808-01-16 00:00:00

• oLD BAIL F.3'. 1 , 1111)AY, JA: , TUA:',.*ti 15. . t • t . ' MURDER. Ann Thompson was liar...tett for the wilfitl murder of Jo. , ,eph Walker, by stallbing !tint w:ith ' the lower part of his ,)tide, 'Ad ort lie died-in . 11,votday.s. • • Potts.,Ey;topested the for the i rroEectition.. ,tltp. L o n., - don,;HoitpitaL:o.sittifth, 1 kit oil :;;;11);V44iy,;tl i tk 'tit It of Deoetr*.r.last,gttinet. 11Y Or I .0'41*., k. wa5:4044,41 there itati a in , 14p: sidc A tild: pant of :his ettutiifs,w.ere oub at , he ) ( mound, a13r110.0 the,lootlay ruorniog,:hedi4l,,,Thenokt,, was opated, von, from i le jnilgupOrit,cit;the)Yifuess, the wn 4e. c.!utse, oft his.deat h. -That t he.l'firoptr cartyr;toltho idospitatmithd he deceased ; it) . ? uf she at. tended liim.,eonstantly,otind voitdp.ted bet self very' m it ita t if#l;x 3 lliketiowtonialt of tenderness ;old, affix tiortittwards,liitn, ( ant;i he dicd ill her .arrns, Matthew Antony, tt man of colour, said he the, deeeawl.;-., he►antti tilt :Wit 'teas . sea faring men. ,110-.11%:4210 "Pe.PM.lqlc7firrt'4, , ,.".CTr'!4 ll t , 44'e H 11,144(1,k °imp' the .sieceastl feat wo months, atuithe knew the Prisoner..also.; they liv,rdat Nu. 9, in thti : sii•me street„ and next doOr to tin Wu etus) On SAttality the' Alin!) of Pet:ember. l'ot, about nine d'elock,svhi;(t at hotne,,kelteard a cry by a young wo 111ar13 veltie:l alirtviedJiint..,.,he wept to the door of tb4Prisr,rcr's I: ot,.tse, ,it' yva:s fast.;.. he looked through the .kcy hole, builtould'not see any thing; Attt: win dow wt - e, hist tooi i :but tnere ,was ,a 110 e in ti,e w which he could see through: lie ,obsei‘ed the woman tfitat4igg. Ointost eptitelv• undressed ; be at let:wards .got. .4be,was hanging, or.inchoing. her head Upon her , hand the deceased was lying on, floe. floor. Spl>hi9,l4 , yray, was l.hatp witii :,e lin • soner's thud. in - her arms ;..the Piirter ha'd lit, n a knife in heili'ari4• of Pietch r claS )' ktine ; it wit ie4enrtnedt:.‘c'o46d Was' t it groa ittg wd ly in ';:)1 stie"apvl6Yiqtll)l.ll ittiv:;:i to tail itiOCking hind as he groarkecl, as if to scare hint out t it. While in ViiS sititation'„ inkt. Who w:i; with the wit netii'sfralte to tr. The witness sent for a wat c h.- matu be came and asked for her ; .slue - raket(l, " Who's th@t6 r: The viochugm'SAd Slue knew his voice i he trA4 , let inatepthOftioni : 2 he a6keul 'what was the.Mat tett-I-Abe " Nothing." Tbe de-eased ' - w4S 'still on his left - side, in the same slate as the. witness saw bu tt through the 'The wit- • tleVt''Spt.ilte. to the : , Prisotter in I..tmitiar aerrno, and ask d•what wa; th'e Matter?' -She-shook her head, anti t yid 0, Jottes I" (which vias!a iii( k-name the. sa nb ra gi v elt next thing that took p)30•; wus,..that. ,, il4(iliimek•,man, called Wu u Ilain brktge, '‘ottk catldie folook on the Libor, AI said; , eteurething the matter here, :for there is b:aba'o.l the tient- 5 there is sontetiting . 'more than ,c nintolt,‘- ''The ,Prisoner then , 4aid ttithim, " ,Mr. Niiitt (for that was , the , nanie he went .by), 1 will ttl tut; you (it walk alit+-+you have:nothing to do Wilk it." f kcotvcsakl the wlthe: , s, that shekitew held ) of I,iitt 'setoti !title iti lEtt Si:(-et ;he d.d Oct*, kfuti- sh' (lesireo. the wtticit. man to put out;:-'f'refitaitie , i itt the•teuin. thrit:Jitt.in of t,• I S;l , ti t a Ilse Pidt;Otier, c‘ Ma dim:, s•t;:tuki 'like: . see the w;otitutt theu• totraueti - me. tat' I arni, , and desired me ICJ , e..ent 'OW ; SAW . ill:_'m , nits tying b ut h, ; mg, 1 . /Kro woe:: ;11),m 1/ , 'l Ni. 4 [11 . 1 WiTteitinan and th'e 'Pri• soLe; it ` - ;o . ret, kind t hat. I c „ o l, : t h e a r it y,-,us I cannot dill4 , "the Weil! . ii ,- n tbk . 'Watebrniin had de+ • plied, l' , sec-ot to-thettece:).sed htiti 111).1 " matter ?", said '1 ;' he' gi.:V4`"t&t. tut twiee, -UM he ''did nor' att swei.oa, 'hur c , aithin , al eruanitt ; 1 'pot 'him in a' authiiteetl-by:t*.l 'held littn by one h aw k. .hlVi 41)1tr - Wit torn' open ; by Vs+ hiirn i • ' cannot there was some .nlood upon it. - - I'thetcput - the wound ; 'but nut • be itrObk to' see it - Inity;l asked sane Opened ; `thelkietiestif. - w-as stirlitatt i !, by, I asked her finy a knife: 'l 4 fiiSS tl*.l;ruife . (pratticing'it) f hat she had in' her' hruitL pt.kthe knife up, arid stid;", Now' I will gite you the knife----this is the- bloody knife have clone it with ; and wish my. bloody hand • had been off berOt . eT took l it in my band." After awitile-sheginte me .the knife ; I went towards the 'man, 'and said ," Joseph, I will tear your jacket open." She thew came up 1(.1 'bin) herself, and tore it open. I then saw the wound ;fully, there was 2, piece of flesh hanging to it ; Good 'God ! .Nancy; said I, what should' done . ?—What had better be done ?. said She. 1 told her she could' not do better than send for a Dodor ; site was then trying, anti she kissed him frequently, atad,,said, "Josepb, for give ri t e, - t;,:ai said, " Naney, Nancy, I forgive youi." Sophia Murray was then called anal: Font or a I) , tit - 4, who came and 'said the man must be mmediately sent to : tint hospital ; which he was ccordine,'y. I told her; betor,e the Doder came, she had lieter say she li,tre4 nothing about it, that „., . begot it in it:n , utig trout Black:wall, for that he came berme tips,ey ; but she did not. ' §epina :A-hurray gave tur necoimt . of going for the Doetor : she had been 'tint' When the accident bap pealed,' but 'When' she Canto in, the PriSoner told'her it) the hearing of the cleceased, which ,be did not den), that he had been heating het - very inuell that nigh t.; and whiclu be frequently - did, for the Witness had Seen hint do bO, • Griffiths, a Police Officer, apprehend& l't(te Pu i tier : kirew n( - ailtni..; of this trans:lC . 6 'exCei,t what she uhf III& 1),6.11)be . r, wn s 01,11v= Mot , C 4 :i'y, ! , :itiit) ti)The to Make ill tides, and totind. the Man was dead thet Was brotOat .therri On' the Safurday. I went to Denmark-coon- to make inquiries, and.lourid that a great titurn't)erof black Men lived there---1.-Was in- JOrm , d that the murder bad been cominitfed at No. 9; I went to No. 9, which :the 'Prisoner's he , n , c; l 4,u , not fled het there, .hot 1640 het; three cloths off; she eatoe with me, opened the. door, aird unbolted she windOwS. I searched the , Janne for the k it Ae ; . I. aunt only two knives . ; I. asked ittei!if there were other knit es in the house.? She-said that she did uo t recoiled that.thete were. I tusked her how it happened that the', man came by his death ? : She s i., tip re had 'b'een a onarrel between then), that hi: bad beat her ; that she'had gOt.idoi out Of the houite intollte street ; titat.she then, bolted the door Al I.IW SUN.lii 1 bhu fter.3 otilir tint be' got round the -14se, as he ccoild not getinllt the front, .but got over- some., paling at ; tho. back. ..she•.sfiewed , : tult tt pm wfiich, : she said, be.pulled ont of the back wm and tame - into the room. itqltat way - 1 that A5. , 000 as he got in, lie bean to beat her cruelly. 1 askedher, if any hotty was in the. rutin] besides Ott Shzu (tile ? tie said no person but tind that'in" the set:Melt . sea; (iotie: a..ked her if. she recolleae,l taking the kt,ife and ,it'dJug' Inv . ) wlth she sid . e she did not recoll i w r she, did or not. t,lte then Sliwed me her knee; u,s6a, and said, he had cansid`;it' bc.•%t;ngelier, anti that he ,Jrul likewise bruisel and en her a black eye. I then took her `tO 'lii Pollee Odice, where she Nr as connnittech It d'ett appealed by the evidefice of .Idiz, An'n Murray,'Mary Gordon, • and J. Johnson, that the substance ef• this st)tteinent of the iiiis,,ber to the kthove Police ()Deer coliea—thlit she and the deceaSed had, 'had a,An , irrel ; th:ttthere luta been a great noise: in 'the,housq' just §efotv the aCcident ; that she Thad ,bolte'd Mite cid; that he ha'l walked •up and down, arcs, street muttering in great anger,' and ,vowing vengeance alairt : 4 tt,er. That they-Metthat after , noon , 'where Ittihad heen drinking, and ,belLiVing.outraiteonsly ;*. -he said!.id her that - hc would - ortie home ; she said, he shipild nut, ir has kept you too' long already," Licc.H-Sli• had as gooti• char,ider as, a person in her' unfortunate situation Could be,,expe,ed to base:'. . . The ,ClitiF tXttot . 4 . cit thG Ekel-I&QUER told "the Jury, t1.1:0, in order to make Crime Of murder ) , must be. open m:llice;or malice to hey , Aroui the 'ai.l„ (licit maliee was. to be. Votn.thc ...iicuritstance Of the case : but if !no sticli rtia)iee appeare,e7then . fhe kin% of a. I , l;.tink wore .a did - Went' asreci, that. of nnirder. It on! per r.).1 w-, - t.,•struCl::, by anoti:l . ,' - and 1 nit hc dan!,er-, to his own life, t',;e. lbw did require that, in,repelling that da l y,c/ , lira should net in the .mantier which upon :cool I.u' might have done,. but ..would mane: allotv.iticel.ir the eommon infirmity Of human nature, it, in such a slate of. centusiOti; he should. happen to pey , ,nd the limits of that which .in Cooler motnents nii ; :;l4 be deemed) necessary. hurn:m crepture, wiien 1,i..1 into a p.lssion; was not Auircd tn.,weigh in. exact balance the proportion betwout the h.jury received and ; the-manner of reps lung it. The question -.here.wtis, Whether the Prisoner wit*? not, upon the evidence, in the .s.tate• which she lxid described her, , kllto be in to the .Po lice ()Mc . er If she was; then the.crime would not amount to more th:yt manslaughter. There was not enough of the ta6ts of the case before the Cuurt to make it justin.hle homicide. of Alansloughierpnly.... „. HIGHWAc ItOI3IJERY. I) Il w a itiartha ;funs was incOed ; For .;n big ay rob bt c}: on -..ndswo!, paw % in fear; and Cfonl 1);c; perF,oo, against his will, .at hat w i th spve.r. baud, and half-a;crown in money; r .n .,. lsvell'i4 a I; , c' tinder fifteen years of itgi-, and ser- 4 Vino4o ; Mr. kw;isot ,Ilart-street, 1110 ,- )nishttry :. was • 1 ' sent by his t i Ire -s on an errata sir Gower-Street 11 S 1. . . , , kir:if,-‘rl-scit)‘tre-,::,u4 tltenc,e.tollru::d. , .tot, Drury lan( ' lane. Lie.shoult. 'Avg gone i dnwn Plorotree-Street, , but on ~e(f the 'right . tionipg,and went &own nyot- : ' strect, :-.ii, 1..1:c,', aOutit 'seven o'f lifii, ill Ole- ev:.:u. hip (; 1;“2 fah inst. At the door of the h outlet' hii. - .i , t I '•' •ti i '• d-;• I ..- 1 i , 1 re , ~(...0 1 .,11 1..., la 1 1 tctit tin n u) o C . (41110.1 be.r dnighter f .yluek the door en the.ontsine, wlji- h she did, herself lucking it . ‘vit;iia. She I: o orb : A . him 4.10W,n .several :trues,. beJrchted his • I,ocktls, and .16und lialf-a-erown,. wttieh was all he had—tockaway li:tit . ha;, and threw it under tiie tied.' Flu g liog he ithd no more, site plied to her daughter to opt ii the doer on the otitide,'whif;h , :lier did, open- : ing it herself ti thin, and let the h,t gq.. lie took up his ha!-. wh i l t ; 4he was. at thc.doo -,. r, .i:d keeping, it be hind him, ran ,Ott . t with it ; ;which she. observing, - . 'follt;tved him down the street : ,a man came after 1., ,i him, to _take hiitt up, os he 'said, hut he was knocked' j . dow oby some people who Nvcreeolle4ed. The wat'cn:' man went with the lad ti) the louse; he .tpnk her to and secured her in ,the wateh-hune, where she nr... lewd half-:s. to the La ; Unrrowing ti i i,:, of her daughter to add to .‘..). whieh was all she has. then. The lad would nut take.it ; she attempted to stay him,,.sayift.,:: 4he would ruructer hill], wlieh . she had ~a'icl often , tc) him while. slat wii4 'robbing him. Whenlpefcire the Magistrate, she said the lad came into her house'volnntardy, and wafted to take , . liherties with her,whieh exeited,a smile, for. she is - old and unlY -: - ': * . • The l e earned Indgelo)d the i Jory, that if they be lieved the evidence., and he saw no reason why not, here we, all the ingredients of an highway robbery. Guilty:--,Dcorth. A, ed 4t . `John Butler and Cornehus.Pqarty were capitally indiCted for feloniously Stealing on the 7th iotant various' -batik notes and money. amounting ro wards of 301. the . property of John Catesby, privily from his . person. . This. case toOk up long time in theoinvestiga tico, . The • gi,t of the evidence 'appeared:. to be "that the ProSecutor, a tnititia recruit, together with a comp& of the ,ante" description, arid a.corporal, w(tit to the Thatched lieuSe public-house in Field lane, on the . evening of the 7th ; they had' some oyvers there aid some liquor; a . young 'woman watipVith 'The Prosecutor welly' to the bar . to pily•tat *bat tiley'liadj he chan'ol'a. &S. note ; he hail the rest of the property tied up and knotted in "a white hiintikerehief in his pocket. The two Priionces, With a p....r0u Tharnas' I .NU)or6, were obhered by more than one of, the 'Wit ' star:Whig near Catesby soon after paid ; and the ming' woman tiltaded to swats -that she saw Monre - take out of the Prosecutor's poekdt, a white cloth, or handkerchief,. which app ared to have money tied up in it. Moore and Witte). Went out of the house the moment alter, iriYt in a fecv Minutes Fotiarty foll Owed. The Pri soners wer& apprehende4the sums, night lit the 'Black Dog, in Bt. Gn'ees, but r)leore ese iped.— Boiler 'Wa's found Gnittf, but not of stcaling privily fro:n the i.trsein ) Linct`Fogarty tv,ls ilitoityd. • On Thuriday niglit, by the high winds, several stacks4)lchitonq some s were blown-dowq, and houses were• unroofed in the vientity of* Betting f:reen. ANTIQI7I7 I / ES. Tut Chain &Kind its the line or the Caledonian Canal cnnsiqs cif ilii-ty-three circular links; forttree,:: : - ... Ot perlecily cylindrical body, half an inch thick, nerdy joined ~withot4 solder. 7: They are Pairs, each of which is ai.laut two incbcs diameter, except those at the extremities, which are iith little-3t one cat tile' ends has, since tho • di,covAry of ; thq,ch.lin,. been titl:en sway; 'but as the rem.iining out is or the s:tine dimensions ‘yith_thois6 at the other end, we may conclude that the chain was then entire::,'lls. whole length .is 18 inches, 'Cigbingeahout„lo4,l7., MY-two Stnall figures are • karmts of ;/ fiat and in,issy tiog, leen. since it was found; but frcnt its form, and the Ap-f purluce of wearing in the insltlee it has evidently., moved on sixre bolt. It is ticatkiehannelled round; prominent astragA , ins' &Very:side. Botlh! the.chaiwatrd ring, are of excellent, workmanship and,whether we attend to the uniform thickness and.. of the link's, the ingenuity' with which they are joined, or. -the - perfeAsYrtirnetry of the whole;!•'' ' we .eannot but pronoduce it tO have been, the worl4, .of an artist of no inconitlrable •Theadm)l.o),„, rears of Caledonian antititities are considerithal obligations to Mr. Stewart,. goltNititli,. of this Arimm it.Wll, purchased, ,fin- l'iroin;?; rescued curious relic, front the fate, to tyltit4l,,ioingt: of .1 11 0 LY same kind are but too frequently cOnsigned. INlti 4. small degree of curiosity will, donbtlesS, eiciteti among cur intelligent readers espC;siina it; and Litt ate ... - trry We Cannot 1.11:110 4 .3ily aitt. 1114:4r :Vt'e' take the howvvcr, of in heron: ' the iblltiveing hint., in the lio ti-mt w , more lei Sure and ability will iivesti;;lte (1.; uitct nse of this txtra.nrklif,iity - plyce 1 ; t -y, it c:iii;;ot fitineU .n th, of b it;??; trie' tot v v, • , actiuz:ntea' With tiictfiN. it Cieent In belong - to the Ellie. cud "Of the Plaits!' I , crio.l; perhaps •it is• of. tar -more tiliidern date. if Pio it'll,- it tiknst hale b,tten.coevi.i,l with tbe Cairn -in ‘k ittr.li is was fund, and is of course eol,no,..ted uitil the et..-in!),,gy of its clCsignalion and that'of the hill. !tattle of ivitlf are tiv:.dt:w i hat tr 2.11.,:, ;he language'spoken . hy tl Ut...1, 7 in•-y -.l.loWet and -t 1 . 1 Toreepcon and an' d nnqu -; the confliels of the Picts with the flans. If this be the era . of the chain, it mi4y have pentieLf . the unwieldy ..Claytitore -ot Fing4lian,. or bound .the-sh.icl,les of some . stubnoil r i captive. This is the morellkely; as gold chailiF , similar workmanship, thotfL;ll not so masv, 1 " 1 " 1 1 been fonnil 'near the scene . 0f ntie.tit blittles. It is , too:weigitty for common Usq, anti part of it a rnneb worn, .it C3UltOt have been used for any labo• , ;-rions purpose, not do we remember , any periQd of Caledonian .I)4ttitl; Wil!en silver wait so plenty- On the supposition' that it •is as old as the Caleb it , • ( - which . . it wag foikticl, the other Cairns, of which, [ there • art several in its thizhbourhood, should , , f opened and pet:ca . :lit% 3i they contain urns, or hortei; we 'nay date their iertnation prior or poite- • rior to the int rodn..tion cif Christianity. Should stilt:; retnote. en, yhe denied, i ltece is no eirentr6ta!le , .. ; except the chain being traced to some otlierplatv,' for the discovery cf other similar artielvs, that i-Aut.' lead to any welt-toundett-conjeclura -reNpec.linq :Is 1 SHIP NEll'S. Py RicHA u p 1-1,,,;: t45 , of N o . 4 , marl:let t . court, 11 ; and putds , heil by WILLIAM, . AkediG.„p, /icy No; t Strand; .wbere 4tiverilSenzenis, ()niers for the Paper, ?tiers tor the Etlitur, Szc, nluit be ad, fIULL. IANUAAY I C' _Arriyeti -the N3nev 4 15erdeen ; and tll i b•rn,‘lniber:ay.ct, from lidir,v)uro. • ~ . . On Tlint*Liy last. at P,rny:ll)zun, Bentley,. EA, of:. t-Litmlr , :r. 1 .. , t 0 y , W 11:c 1.4(1y or Lai.gtold, at . 4 14R;:il On l'ut.s4a morninz, in the Co,:nty 1110,1114 S , i.. -of Crathowes 1.; It:.: Ct.unty :;I'N'ork, to Ness Coittvt, ci 1:, , :!1:;1 - of tint lAU 3 :A.1111,.ny - VOICOV, u I;nicitit)rokrAN, !ov",11, ard ntcce to ',obit .Itts64:ll iiuwr.tteu, .S 1 "" 1 * . ton.; .• , • • • On Wedirsday t :It ‘Valc•Jt Chinch, Kith, I F; r.sq. of Lank - 410i Crescont, to Miss Mcfgaii of fiatimick • fli::•rzt9 inst. : at Liteinidd, A. j! M. litOstrotie, I{ !'q* '..L.)CrytrilttC r ~; ii 7. Lite I": Listcr, I. of ti,e • Loud D fl I), On St+tulay the 1,4 inst. I' ;I V 0 I‘Vi' n e 1):111y, loan . , :t I)ih (Th 15: 515 I t 114.';' ;;.o , se t'eli . . , rd- , tr s ' f ' 11i-•s 111rIkt - C.,„t. 19n,.. 11Jr agt.'d tó On V.. . •r at 1..,. • ~„ • tlw 63d ~,r , , • ~; jonn . , ' •.q • 1., St •. • de - 6 ,1 tin V . : • Ai I ()It Y., I —ply of Sir j<slui , t . .•,• • I ,•;„. Yj .. " Ewen, itt t; • .t 1 r,• • -‘, () nK.'tlt, t in. tile ".,.t , , ,if t ; ( )SS 1 ' it111441.116 '; vi'.4e (4 it Robert I •I • ... i •OdC ""'-- •t • 1 -a , t . IY% 0 1111 C ; t 1: yt;tri, .1.111 i/1 lt , ihert ovenitl4 I.tit. 40;14, , • St. Vitic,:ur., 13:1:1 CA.NTAI: .t,:. PLACE; I'o t.tf. 5114.0 P.6* N105\t..1;.11.).`.Y; aod J(._: - iNST:)NE R Or*, 11i the rttstitt:s, bc: I.c oi hrtotiy is otite ttl...,;:pttli)li. • itiq 4 P.l AO l i ' l . , ,4 1 N t and Socioui c d y em; lottOli • , ttte PtualtiCt;tt 1 4 0 - tp,"rty of sic john t.).:tog in toe be..t 1,. r[ ar plat Stiperor Lit.talottable situatio,l, Grosvenor-ill-A.x, Itavntk , tt De.itettilttt ve over the Qtle4ll_,.. and tvitoto 3 - leve yards or 11)k. P.tit,. 001131 : - , 1 , 1:e !louse is a tito,t suht.litint4l tt•, - t arr.noged 90 tniutts plan lot I ~:iitty,wf ran k .o r.totn, the pttnelral !!;iying, tt,tit 1-1 R. 01115, the 01 110 . IttprOOtrlS I..sige; tatty, ahtl of title propt , rtion. thi : li e Hee: ate that: tt.yettis of c:otietponnitll . Are anc' mititoJete ; l ' l t ei ttte 4 .ire tli 4 detl44:ll6i Wi th gt4:bl:llA ,• '••• C -Sidi4Utt.e.C..4.11.11 ,, Ithc, 113,401 4 ; tg . 4 01 4 111 •4 • feet Itoitt. i')ne I Jcttt,. . Yalu, le ptt , ,:t *Li lwkt -4-je ll • weir to,o.pir,_ti Nlicitaelll"l _ t o. p,ti.ettouni. "' • had nt . Nl ° '' • ' :• ' Pesettp-t, • ' • , .1 130 2 14 ; 1 1 • . ••- 'r n.. a",'"„(„ ajzuvc ' 'At ta,3 ' ' t •te j uti4"•- Lod s °.~ \ CLERKEATIV6L4. Yesterday r ijjirznt Lokrinn -for..3s saulting, .on-,the.7th Jatr.•ar'y, 1.:1 the 4 , 41g1ar-inaf I public-house, be,ll- . .yard, V 01.11: tent to commit an Vinnattfini•ern - ne. The evidente 20.1t1CetI, in suppart of thi , „"ellikrge \c•a4 s'a clear -hnd •kraiistent, that theitn•y t - onnil the Priiioiwr Guifq. He w::s sentenced to be icapri 3 Otted for one year, ‘,.)i-ok t day, dic i rii,;. tho fOttr,lght,- to stand 40, ttn.. spice of two hoor's in the pillOrybn :cierkeli'vkell-greet: . • Sam , it't . .fain es and (;enrge mitre irirlifid" for - bohig N II 111 1)0,111i't% genling - t . • with an iitt;til of corotoitthlg a oobe sitolat..to •b foregoin;', km the night of the De cernber—Not ly. • ' . • The'House of Assemtriyhf 'Jamaica have•appent-• ed a Ootnmittee to inquire into the conseildenees of the present mode of itni)ohing duties oh . sitar, the CoMmitlee matte •'az R' port' ou the tatir . Nov.. in *hich, at . ; er ad',.ertioglo the llephrt'matie t 6 the 1-totk respectin the'Wea lodies; stile) , state--- . " That the average ciast of t cwt . . of sugar trust'. be higher • than that stated by mr. Wedderbirrry to tiie Coninatee the 143ua0,..0f Coninical 7 s....They `obsere," tltere - bas . :l):•en gradoal sit- 'gar, whits(' the duties on the i'opoilation into Ertgt land havi.:.bevn increased ; by the' Operation'of both these causes, the Planters hat e been generally 10-;ers by the ultivatien 'Of sager, and in. cdnsegtience these.circuMstances,, many of. the estates had been sinee7l 79'9 . t browir tip, Of \Vete in the at'-:1 of brin e : adi i!one.i - nrki, stated - to hat &b6etqfdti within" theiasl ' . 6ve '3•Telit - s, sunder Decree S" of the Court of Chancery, to pay d;•;ins ;• sui . M‘C , ith'resped to 115 wt re thendepending in that Cobrt, and m.,ny more bills for the Bales of e-tates were They - state—the 5., - tgar t hro , A.l) . brotight to 5:116., and then in the Court, or Cho in Jamaica and England, aniOnnfed to aiiout 1-4.11' of the whohi 'number in the' Colony, and„!ther an ticipate, if IV! same, f:iretrnsthitc'continutilo ope;- rate, the batilirup;,cy of ueai - Ythe whole_ of the gar Planters. , ,• . "'The Conimittee then icrocced to stiggest - the re thedies for these evils; which, in their Opinion, would prove, to a certain extent, 'efficacious. The first is the' Blockade of the EneMy's Colonies c but if this shoiald'iutt'be- deemed exPedient, they prdpose tlktt the ports of The 'British Ccaloni , N in tho West-I - Hies fi.hotiht he open td all neutrals. If this also 'slrould'be deemed inexpedient, they 'advert to another consi deration, namely, that -it is unjust the same. eaten* should be levied now upon Sugar, that was imposed when it sold for a higher price. 'They then'State tot; difference in the sum produced , front the- , sugar of two estates of difli,n.‘lit value,' after deduaing. 'the charges; and conchae::. another 'remedy' in thefolloWing o'rals : " Your 'Con - imittc... beg leave to suggest a plan which, as far as t bey knoW, has , not 'hitherto. been Ctinsidered, and which, if approved of by the House, tmry be laid helOrt the Goveronttnt• by the Agent of the •bland, for the consideration of his Maieitv!s Ministers : 'Were GovjrnMent, uplon the average price of Sugar, to. take - a certain preipoFtion of the value in tititSt;.this goOd.would °result ;trom it, Viz. when sugars are ,low,; tine I.lariter would uot'be op pressed in so great :a degree as be now is ; and, as hiq prrlt!ce incotases in value; his -.contribu . ton to Gin eminent will increase: -with. means : "It has he . on asCertained.that the Planter cannot : derive an adequate interest from his property. - unless he get needy 304..51er1. par 6'vt. from his sugar, clear of .duty, of the island expencesAbo4 the. ruziVand the mercantile chiirgelof transportation 't(t -Great .Britain ; and .this iiderest, tonStki-ring lase risk to which West. Indic{ rOpeily is subject from.- hurri 7 canes, of which Jam a ica siecred the ravages of no less than five betweait the years, 170:and 1;9d; 'considering the liability to insurrections, the vicis situdes of seasons, And the gradual deterioration of soil, whielywhen nevi, is fertile, and when old, ste rile, ought not in justice to beicss dim) It) per cent. upon his Capital : Litt us suppose Govvrnntent Ito take 1. , 4th of the average value, the calculation will, ,he as follows': .• Duty. Ditrerence. 15s. ad. 4Qs. 01. 17 6 5z 6 '2.). U 03 4 .21 lc 6. 9 hods. cwt. Gain: Val. of Estate. Interelt. 14 E 571., "30,,:0 • 2 s-6 1 5 7 1 4 16 45 3 o e t op 5 1..2 Average prices. 70 A • 89 co S Net. • Bs, 2d. 45 8 365.. 36 • to. 36 to 36 to 2 ; 4 1 - 53 14 2451 2.8 it so 14 3036 30,1Q0 K 1.6 Jo, S'4ooo The results are—upon ysten - 1, when .the , average price of sugar be Gus, per -cwt. the Pianter a ill have an interest of 2 S r 6 peg Cwt, upon his capital ; wben the average be 70. his . profit will be 53,-, per cent. ; when Bos. he will have it ineroased to 8 1-6 per cent.; and when 87. Bd. he will receive an interest di 10 per cent. Upon his capital. Y our Coiumittee are well aware tluit such.a if ado' - ned; would considerably.dhuit;i6h the dillies. paid to Government neon 1,:)0 t otio hhds. ci su , :ar annually cOnsurned Great liril;i4l and Ireland ; but the aliaira cff thiS Natt‘l ltiaw come to a melan choly and the question at i:;sue who-. titer .Great .Britaiti . . Will 'preserve her Sugar •Colo nies at sotile sacrifice of revenue, or ‘vliether, by tlai impoltcy of grasping at trio much, she will ruin . theM .entirely, itißt, to every beneficial purpose, lose them altogethei.". The Direetors of Greenwich Hospital .11.. - tye creased the number of in:peozioners to thHt eszd bli,lautilt by tilty. PRICE OF tiaiik yxo'r.R Stock, 216 tai Navy 5 per Cent. 96H . per cent. rtr.r, Irish 5 ver Cent. 4 per (.;!int, g 4 gx rrr Cvit. Rea. 63 ' i' 3 per cent. Cou.6 - Bank 1.. Ann. 18 1.• loth I),Ltu Short, STOP. KS • 1) Y. 111,11.1 !'4OC.k, dis. par South Sca Stotk, Exchequvr Bala, 2s. 45. 31. Trent. . - «rutiiurti; si r s • linpirriA - 3 per Cerlt. 63. fl Ditto Ann. 7 9. tEitti% Curl. to( Opt:it:llg. 64t . omit wiATE lt AT I.OIVDQN 111;11.)GE RV W . • N 1 iAft .r - • ...ornlng, 24 inm. after `4 n o o n , att ur 4 /"'" N1(11 1 / 4 11YAV. !Will after f - Ant . lllo;ml', l 30 . 11141 finer 5 ...~:;,~